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Ferdinand Thieriot
Quintet in a minor for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon & Piano, Op.80
Ferdinand Thieriot (1838-1919), five years younger than Brahms, was not only born in Hamburg, but also studied with the same teacher, Eduard Marxein. The two knew each other from their Hamburg days and remained on friendly terms. After Hamburg, Thieriot, continued his studies with Carl Gottlieb Reissiger in Dresden and then finished in Munich with Joseph Rheinberger after which he moved to Vienna where his friend Brahms was instrumental in helping him obtain the position of Styrian Music Director in the provincial capital of Graz where he worked between 1870-85. Later, Thieriot held important positions in Leipzig and Hamburg where he remained from 1902 until his death. For the most part, Thieriot, like Brahms, remained true to the classical traditions which preceded him and took Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann as his models. Only toward the end of his life did he his work show some of the influence of the "New German Music" of Wagner and Liszt.
The Quintet for Piano and Winds in a minor dates from 1903 at which time he had retired and was living in Hamburg. Free from his other duties, he concentrated on composing mostly chamber music. The work is in four movements. It opens with a moody Allegro non tanto, lyrical with appealing, somewhat sad themes. The second movement, marked Intermezzo, allegretto, begins more as a naïve andante. However, later there is an exciting presto middle section. A short, but stately Adagio is placed third. The finale, Allegro vivace, bursts out of the gate, so to speak, from its opening measures as a wild bound across the countryside.
This work presents no hard technical problems and can be recommended both to pros and amateurs. It will make a good impression if brought into the concert hall.
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Parts: $39.95
